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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Maybank House
Maybanke House
Maybanke College Educational institution
Maybanke Hostel Aged care facility
Maybanke Kindergarten Educational institution
Mayfair Theatre Theatre
Maynard, Fred
Mayne, William
Mayoh, Arthur
Mayoh, Joseph
Mays Hill Suburb
Mays Hill Cemetery Cemetery or crematorium
Maza, Bob
Maze Green Park or open space
Maze, Harold
McAlister Day Fair 2000 Festival
McAlister, Charles
McAuley, James
McAvoy, Tony
McBride, William
McBrien, James
McCallum, John
McCann Erickson Commercial organisation
McCarrs Creek Suburb
McCarthy, Frederick
McCarthy, Louella
McCarthy, WG
McCartney, Paul
McCathie, Harriette
McCaughey, Samuel
McClemens, John Henry
McClymont, GL (Bill)
McCormick, Peter
McCrae, Hugh Raymond
McCrae, Nita
McCredie, Arthur
McCredie, George
McCullock, A
McCutcheon, Wallace John
McDarra, Robert
McDermott, Terry
McDonald, Alexander
McDonald, Donald
McDonald, Frederick
McDonald, Hugh
McDonald, James
McDonald, Thomas
McDougal, Andrew
McDowells Ltd Commercial organisation
McElhone Stairs Steps or stairs

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Maybank

One of twin terraces built by Norman Selfe at Balmain and lived in by family members.

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House

Maybanke

The home of Francis and Maybanke Anderson at Bayview.

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Maybanke College

Girls' school run by Maybanke Wolstenholme (later Anderson).

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Educational institution

Maybanke Hostel

Salvation Army aged care facility in the former premises of Maybanke College, the school run by Maybanke Wolstenholme (later Anderson), in Marrickville.

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Aged care facility

Maybanke Kindergarten

Named for Maybanke Anderson, pioneer of the free kindergarten movement in Australia, the kindergarten has been operating since 1924. The building is a former Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1877 and extended in 1906.

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Mayfair Theatre

Cinema with 1320 seats which specialised in screening the films that would have long runs like that of The Sound of Music which ran from 1965 to 1967.

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Theatre

Maynard, Fred

Aboriginal activist who protested the separation of Aboriginal children from their families and demanded families should be granted land rights within their traditional country.

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Mayne, William

Slaughterman who took advantage of the fresh water supply of the Cooks River to establish his business near the junction of Cup and Saucer Creek at Campsie.

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Mayoh, Arthur

British engineer who worked on Sydney's underground railway and in partnership with his brother Joseph and Sidney Kidman at the Kidman and Mayoh shipyard at Putney.

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Mayoh, Joseph

British engineer who worked on Sydney's underground railway and in partnership with his brother Arthur and Sidney Kidman at the Kidman and Mayoh shipyard at Putney.

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Mays Hill

Small western residential suburb, named for Thomas May, who bought land here in 1859 when the first subdivision of the governor's domain at Parramatta was made. It is the site of Mays Hill Cemetery and Sydney Murugan Hindu Temple.

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Suburb

Mays Hill Cemetery

A Presbyterian and Baptist cemetery dating from the 1840s.

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Cemetery or crematorium

Maza, Bob

Actor who became politically active as a member of the Aborigines Advancement League and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.

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Maze Green

Park in the Darlington campus of the University of Sydney, adjoining Maze Crescent. Now known as Cadigal Green.

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Park or open space

Maze, Harold

Geographer who also served as Registrar (1950-1955) and Deputy Principal (1955-1973) of the University of Sydney.

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McAlister Day Fair 2000

Annual fair in Engadine since 2000 named for Charles McAlister, developer of the area.

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Festival

McAlister, Charles

Developer of Engadine who realised the development potential of the area with the opening of the railway in 1886.

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McAuley, James

Poet and public intellectual who often courted controversy, most notably as part of the Ern Malley hoax.

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McAvoy, Tony

Aboriginal barrister who specialises in native title and land rights.

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McBride, William

Gynecologist and obstetrician who in 1961 first alerted the world to the connection between the drug thalidomide and birth defects.

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McBrien, James

Surveyor who resurveyed the line of the Western Road from Emu Plains to Bathurst. It is believed he discovered the first gold in the area during that survey.

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McCallum, John

Australian theatre and film actor.

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McCann Erickson

International advertising agency whose Sydney office opened in 1959.

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Commercial organisation

McCarrs Creek

North-eastern bushland suburb at the headwaters of Pittwater. It was gazetted as a suburb in 2012.

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McCarthy, Frederick

Anthropologist and archaeologist who had a long career starting at the age of 14 at the Australian Museum. His research was based on aboriginal prehistory and archaeology of Australia. He extensively recorded and photographed ethnographic aspects of aboriginal communities he visited. He also campaigned for the preservation of Aboriginal rock art and engravings. He was Foundation Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

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McCarthy, Louella

Australian historian specialising in the histories of medicine, women and gender.

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McCarthy, WG

Solicitor.

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McCartney, Paul

English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He gained worldwide fame as the bassist of British rock band the Beatles.

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McCathie, Harriette

Milliner of King Street.

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McCaughey, Samuel

Grazier who expanded the family merino stud, Coree, at Jerilderie and was a generous supporter of several Sydney charities.

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McClemens, John Henry

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Lawyer and Supreme Court judge. He was also the Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Callan Park Mental Hospital in 1960.

McClymont, GL (Bill)

Agricultural and veterinary scientist and educator who coined the term 'sustainable agriculture'. Born 1920, died 2000.

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McCormick, Peter

Composer of Australia's national anthem.

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McCrae, Hugh Raymond

Influential lyrical poet, many of whose works were set to music.

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McCrae, Nita

Local resident who mobilised The Rocks community in protesting against redevelopment plans that disregarded the area's rich history and long-term residents.

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McCredie, Arthur

Architect who established a partnership with his brother George.

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McCredie, George

Architect and engineer with Scottish heritage who was given charge of the cleansing, lime washing and demolition in The Rocks area after the outbreak of plague in 1900. His photographic record of the housing and poverty of the area remains an extraordinary reminder of 1900s Sydney.

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McCullock, A

Land purchaser in the subdivision of part of Camden Park Estate in 1885.

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McCutcheon, Wallace John

Young man who was attacked by a shark whilst swimming outside the enclosure at East Hills on the Georges River.

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McDarra, Robert

Film actor of the 1960s and 1970s.

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McDermott, Terry

Television, radio and theatre actor and producer known for his role in the television series 'Homicide'.

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McDonald, Alexander

Scottish-born marine who settled on his land grant at Field of Mars.

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McDonald, Donald

Arts administrator and arts director.

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McDonald, Frederick

Labor member of federal parliament 1922-1925. Narrowly defeated at the 1925 election he challenged the result in court but mysteriously disappeared.

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McDonald, Hugh

Quartermaster in the 46th Regiment who also operated a private retailing business which he ran from his premises in York Street where he lived with his wife Mary and their four children. The 46th left Sydney for Madras in 1817, but McDonald returned to join his family in 1818. McDonald died in 1819 at the age of 36 and was the first person to be buried in the new Devonshire Street cemetery.

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McDonald, James

Architect and alderman from the Rozelle area.

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McDonald, Thomas

Carriers' agent.

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McDougal, Andrew

Free settler and carpenter who arrived in 1798 to build a corn mill at Parramatta.

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McDowells Ltd

Department store established in George Street near the Post Office as a partnership between three drapers, John McDowell, Charles Johnston and W J Coogan.

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McElhone Stairs

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Stairway of 113 steps, known colloquially as the 'Stairs of Doom' or 'Stairs of Death', which connects the socially and financially diverse suburbs of Potts Point and Woolloomooloo. They were originally called Challis Stairs.

Steps or stairs